Question 1

Match the artwork with its reception:
-Lange's Migrant Mother

Accepted Answer

A) was covered up for its shocking reality 
B) was attacked for its ideal beauty 
C) was mocked by the Nazis 
D) raised awareness of the severity of the Great Depression 
A) was covered up for its shocking reality 
B) was attacked for its ideal beauty 
C) was mocked by the Nazis 
D) raised awareness of the severity of the Great Depression

Question 2

What is true about Emil Nolde?

Accepted Answer

A)  he was a member of the Nazi party 
B)  he painted in watercolor 
C)  his painting Crucifixion was considered by the Nazis to be "degenerate" 
D)  all of the other answers 
E)  none of the other answers 
A)  he was a member of the Nazi party 
B)  he painted in watercolor 
C)  his painting Crucifixion was considered by the Nazis to be "degenerate" 
D)  all of the other answers 
E)  none of the other answers

Question 3

Chris Jordan used 2.4 million pieces of plastic in his artwork Gyre.These represent the number of:

Accepted Answer

A)  women living in poverty in Brazil 
B)  pounds of plastic trash that enters the world's oceans every hour 
C)  followers the artist has on Twitter 
D)  people that helped him create the artwork 
E)  toothbrushes used and thrown away every year by the US 
A)  women living in poverty in Brazil 
B)  pounds of plastic trash that enters the world's oceans every hour 
C)  followers the artist has on Twitter 
D)  people that helped him create the artwork 
E)  toothbrushes used and thrown away every year by the US

Question 4

Write an essay on Théodore Gericault's Raft of the Medusa (4.8.1)in which you discuss why it was made and the research done by the artist in preparation to undertake this work.Discuss the composition of the artwork in detail.What aspects of the artwork do you consider Romantic and which aspects are Neoclassical?

Accepted Answer

Théodore Géricault's Raft of the Medusa

Question 5

Critics of the sculpture Falling Woman said that it was irrelevant to the terror attacks of September 11,2001,and did not capture any of the pain and emotion of that day.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following did Géricault do to prepare for the making of Raft of the Medusa?

Accepted Answer

A)  interviewed survivors 
B)  built a replica of the raft 
C)  studied corpses 
D)  all of the other answers 
E)  none of the other answers 
A)  interviewed survivors 
B)  built a replica of the raft 
C)  studied corpses 
D)  all of the other answers 
E)  none of the other answers

Question 7

What medium is Kehinde Wiley's Portrait Bust of Cardinal Richelieu?

Accepted Answer

A)  painting 
B)  sculpture 
C)  photography 
D)  fiber art 
E)  none of the other answers 
A)  painting 
B)  sculpture 
C)  photography 
D)  fiber art 
E)  none of the other answers

Question 8

What happened to the woman featured in Migrant Mother after Dorothea Lange photographed her?

Accepted Answer

A)  the government fed her and her family for several months 
B)  she was paid royalties for the famous photograph 
C)  she was ashamed of the photograph 
D)  she and the photographer became good friends 
E)  none of the other answers 
A)  the government fed her and her family for several months 
B)  she was paid royalties for the famous photograph 
C)  she was ashamed of the photograph 
D)  she and the photographer became good friends 
E)  none of the other answers

Exam 37: Art of Social Conscience

Match the artwork with its reception: -Lange's Migrant Mother

What is true about Emil Nolde?

Chris Jordan used 2.4 million pieces of plastic in his artwork Gyre.These represent the number of:

Critics of the sculpture Falling Woman said that it was irrelevant to the terror attacks of September 11,2001,and did not capture any of the pain and emotion of that day.

Which of the following did Géricault do to prepare for the making of Raft of the Medusa?

What medium is Kehinde Wiley's Portrait Bust of Cardinal Richelieu?

What happened to the woman featured in Migrant Mother after Dorothea Lange photographed her?

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